3. any of various mechanical devices, many of which have a jerky or jolting motion. 4. Informal. some contrivance, article, or part that one cannot or does not name more precisely: What is that little jigger on the pistol? 5. Ceramics. a machine for forming plates or the like in a plaster mold rotating beneath a template. 6. Mining. a jig for separating ore. 7. a jig for fishing. 8. Golf. a club with an iron head intermediate between a mashie and a midiron, now rarely used. 9. Billiards, Pool. a bridge. 10.

[jig-er] /ˈdʒɪg ər/noun 1. Also called jigger flea. . 2. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. . [jig-er] /ˈdʒɪg ər/verb (used with object) 1. to interfere with. 2. to manipulate or alter, especially in order to get something done illegally or unethically: to jigger company records to conceal a loss. /ˈdʒɪɡə/noun 1. a person or thing that jigs 2. (golf) an iron, now obsolete, with a thin blade, used for hitting long shots from a bare lie 3. any of a number of mechanical devices having a vibratory or jerking motion 4. a light lifting tackle used on ships 5. a small glass, esp for whisky, with a capacity of about one and a half ounces 6. (NZ) a light hand- or power-propelled vehicle used on railway lines 7. (engineering) a type of hydraulic lift in which a hydraulic ram operates the lift through a block and tackle which increases the length of the stroke 8. (Canadian) a device used when setting a gill net beneath ice 9. (mining) another word for jig (sense 5) 10. (nautical) short for jiggermast 11. (billiards) another word for bridge1 (sense 10) 12. (US & Canadian, informal) a device or thing the name of which is unknown or temporarily forgotten 13. (Liverpool, dialect) an alleyway /ˈdʒɪɡə/noun 1. other names for the chigoe (sense 1) n.

“1.5-ounce shot glass,” 1836, American English, in early use also of the drink itself, from jigger “illicit distillery” (1824), of unknown origin; or else perhaps from jigger, a 1756 alteration of chigger “tiny mite or flea.” As a name for various appliances, the word is attested by 1825, from jig.

jigger jig·ger2 (jĭg’ər) n.

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[giger, ”lock,” is found by 1612, apparently coined by Thomas Dekker, and is probably the source of the third noun sense]

[jig-er] /ˈdʒɪg ər/ verb (used with object) 1. to interfere with. 2. to manipulate or alter, especially in order to get something done illegally or unethically: to jigger company records to conceal a loss. /ˈdʒɪɡə/ noun 1. a person or thing that jigs 2. (golf) an iron, now obsolete, with a thin blade, used for […]

[jig-er-mast, -mahst; Nautical jig-er-muh st] /ˈdʒɪg ərˌmæst, -ˌmɑst; Nautical ˈdʒɪg ər məst/ noun, Nautical. 1. a small set well aft in a boat or ship; mizzenmast. 2. the fourth mast from forward in a ship having five or more masts. /ˈdʒɪɡəˌmɑːst/ noun 1. (nautical) any small mast on a sailing vessel, esp the mizzenmast of […]

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